Dr. Brent Combs is a pediatric emergency medicine specialist in Baton Rouge, LA and Mandeville, LA. He is an in-network provider for Humana HMO, Humana Bronze, and Humana Catastrophic, as well as other insurance carriers. He obtained his medical school training at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine and performed his residency at Ochsner Medical Center and a hospital affiliated with Tulane University. Dr. Combs is affiliated with Ochsner and Lakeview Regional Medical Center.

Dr. Julio Castillo is a physician who specializes in pediatric emergency medicine. Humana HMO, Humana Bronze, and Humana Catastrophic are among the insurance carriers that Dr. Castillo honors. He graduated from National Autonomous University of Honduras Faculty of Medical Sciences.

Dr. Azeem Khan sees patients in Baton Rouge, LA. His medical specialties are surgery and emergency medicine. He is a graduate of Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport. Dr. Khan honors Humana HMO, Humana Bronze, Humana Catastrophic, and more.

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What is Emergency Medicine?

Emergency medicine, as the name implies, refers to the treatment of patients whose illness or injury is an emergency. This usually means the illness or injury is serious and was unexpected. Emergency medicine includes disaster response teams, ambulance personnel such as EMTs and paramedics, and doctors or nurses at an ER.

Emergency medicine specialists are trained to deal with all kinds of different conditions affecting all kinds of different people, as just about any medical condition can become an emergency. An emergency medicine physician might treat patients with:

Trauma from a car accident

Heart attack

Poisoning

Near drowning

Broken bones

Premature labor

Drug overdose

Suicide attempt

Burns

High fever

In a busy emergency room, staff could even potentially see all of these problems in the same day. Emergency medicine specialists work in a fast-paced environment, treating serious health issues. They must make decisions quickly. Because emergency care is the only point of access to health care for many Americans, emergency medicine physicians must also provide screening and referrals as well as treatment.

There are over 120 million ER visits in the United States every year. Emergency medicine is a very important part of the health care system, and the providers routinely save lives.